Westminster: A Biography: From Earliest Times to the Present
Autor Robert Shepherden Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 sep 2012
This biography of Westminster traces the extraordinary transformation of a secluded island on the banks of the Thames into a spiritual centre, a royal ceremonial stage and a political capital. It brings to life the monarchs and prime ministers for whom Westminster has been home, the architects and writers whom it inspired, and the protestors and rebels whom it provoked. It is a tale of inspiration, intrigue, power, protest and terror.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780826423801
ISBN-10: 0826423809
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 10
Dimensiuni: 158 x 236 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0826423809
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 10
Dimensiuni: 158 x 236 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Cuprins
Author's Note \ Maps and Plans \ Part I - Beginnings \ 1. 'That Terrible Place' \ 2. The Confessor and his Marvel \ 3. 'Two Nations in the Womb' \ 4. Norman Rule and Resistance \ Part II - Making The Royal Capital \ 5. An Unlikely Founding Father \ 6. Seat of Government \ 7. 'The Most Glorious Work in England' \ 8. Parliament \ 9. Edward and the Stone of Destiny \ 10. From Charing Cross to St Stephen's \ 11. Chaucer's Westminster \ 12. Raising the Roof \ 13. Sanctity and Sanctuary \ Part III - Revolutionaries \ 14. A New Era \ 15. Whitehall Palace \ 16. End of the Old Order \ 17. The Shape of Things to Come \ 18. A Tale of Two Sisters \ 19. Holy Terror \ 20. Scandal and Splendour \ 21. Killing the King \ 22. Republicans and Restorers \ 23. Fire and Flight \ Part IV - New Political Capital \ 24. Cockpit of Power \ 25. The Prime Minister \ 26. Georgian Icons \ 27. Mobs and Scribblers \ 28. Pitt's Village \ 29. From Bad Debts to High Hopes \ 30. Village at War \ 31. Assassination \ 32. Royal Farce \ 33. Reform \ 34. Fire! \ Part V - Global Icon \ 35. Victorian Phoenix \ 36. Golden Age \ 37. Dynamite \ 38. Pomp and Circumstance \ 39. War and Peace \ 40. Bitter Fruit \ 41. Finest Hour \ 42. Masters and Modernisers \ 43. New Wine in Old Battles \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index
Recenzii
Almost too much history for a single mind to absorb has happened above the sand and gravel of Thorney Island. Yet, in Robert Shepherd, a very fine mind has sifted the archaeological, institutional, political and human débris with such skill and clarity that the rest of us can absorb this abundant Wesminster "biography" with pleasure and instruction. As someone who works in the great gothic Palace which rests upon that history-soaked reef, I shall never look upon my patch in the same way again.
This is the sort of scintillating book that I would want to write, had I the wit or half the wisdom.
Shepherd combines intense scholarship with gentle humour. He has the penetrating faculty of describing each tree while never losing sight of the wood.
[Shepherd] has written an entertaining life of the village that spins on its own axis.
Well researched ... the book is at its best [when the] narrative is leavened with surprising anecdotes.
Westminster has developed a most distinct personality since its birth as a swampy Bronze Age island, and Shepherd explains, describes and charts it with great scholarship, of course, but with a smile and a quizzical eyebrow. I love learning how little I knew.
A fascinating account of the development of a religious, royal and Parliamentary village
A remarkable story of the heart of Westminster, the birthplace of parliamentary government and a cockpit of power for a thousand years. Both instructive and entertaining.
This is the sort of scintillating book that I would want to write, had I the wit or half the wisdom.
Shepherd combines intense scholarship with gentle humour. He has the penetrating faculty of describing each tree while never losing sight of the wood.
[Shepherd] has written an entertaining life of the village that spins on its own axis.
Well researched ... the book is at its best [when the] narrative is leavened with surprising anecdotes.
Westminster has developed a most distinct personality since its birth as a swampy Bronze Age island, and Shepherd explains, describes and charts it with great scholarship, of course, but with a smile and a quizzical eyebrow. I love learning how little I knew.
A fascinating account of the development of a religious, royal and Parliamentary village
A remarkable story of the heart of Westminster, the birthplace of parliamentary government and a cockpit of power for a thousand years. Both instructive and entertaining.